Westerwijzend
Westerwijzend is a hamlet in the municipality of Drechterland, in the Dutch province of North-Holland. Westerwijzend lays just to the west of where the Wijzend canal used to bend southwards from Binnenwijzend.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoogkarspel railway station and Hoogkarspel water tower.
Hoogkarspel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dqfn13, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hoogkarspel is a railway station in Hoogkarspel, Netherlands. The station opened on 6 June 1885 and is located between Hoorn and Enkhuizen. The station is on the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway.
Hoogkarspel water tower
Water tower
The Hoogkarspel water tower is a water tower in Hoogkarspel, Netherlands built in 1930. Its architect is W. Mensert, who worked for PWN at the time. The tower is 49,1 metres tall and has two water reservoirs of 600 and 400 m3, and is an official rijksmonument.
Sint-Martinuskerk, Westwoud
Church
Photo: Dolfy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sint-Martinuskerk, Westwoud is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoogkarspel and Oosterwijzend.
Hoogkarspel
Village
Hoogkarspel is a village in the municipality Drechterland, located in the north west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.
Oosterwijzend
Hamlet
Oosterwijzend is a hamlet in the municipality of Drechterland, in the Dutch province of North-Holland. Oosterwijzend lays just to the east of where the canal the Wijzend used to bend southwards from Binnenwijzend.
Westerwijzend
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Drechterland, Netherlands
- Categories: buurtschap and locality
- Location: Drechterland, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.68747° or 52° 41′ 15″ northLongitude
5.16894° or 5° 10′ 8″ eastElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
9F47M5P9+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 47200301OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Westerwijzend” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Westerwijzend”
- Dutch: “Westerwijzend”
- French: “Westerwijzend”
- Luxembourgish: “Westerwijzend”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Westerwijzend”
- Persian: “وسترویزند”
- Ukrainian: “Вестервейзенд”
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